Today my beloved Cia is down with the flu. She's had the shakes and nausea and a low-grade temp, and just feels punky. For such an active lady to feel beaten down like this has to be tough. 

I took a windy, wear-me-out bike ride, about 9 miles at a 12 mph clip -- fairly fast for me. I felt great as I gave the wind and cold a good fight all the way. Both Cia and I love the route -- through Old Mystic to Lantern Hill Road, then Wolf Neck, then Shewville, then home. It's lined with woods and fields and farms and low flowing hills -- a happy route to ride. Below are some sights 
along the roads . . .

From a bridge on WolfNeck Road

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